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SpaceEngine cover art

SpaceEngine

Cosmographic Software · 2019-06-11

SteamGOG

CasualIndieSimulationEarly Access

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Virtual Reality

Releases: Jun 01, 2010 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 11, 2019 (SteamVR)

The world's first science-based photorealistic interactive 3D planetarium that models the entire Universe, using procedural generation for uncharted areas.

SpaceEngine is a 2019 Casual, Indie, Simulation and Early Access game priced at $29.99, with an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (96% of 16,546 reviews).

156
playing now
96%
positive of 17k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
IGDB user rating (15 ratings)
26
Nexus mods (13k downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$29.99
steam price (US)

156 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

SpaceEngine is an interactive 3D planetarium and astronomy software initially developed by Russian astronomer and programmer Vladimir Romanyuk and released in June 2010. Romanyuk and the SpaceEngine team later founded the American game studio Cosmographic Software in Connecticut in February 2022 to continue development.

Trailer

SpaceEngine trailer thumbnail

SpaceEngine 0.990 - Steam Release Trailer

≈372,435 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 156 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,513 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~314/week).
  • · Review velocity up 60% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 28,977 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 419k–1.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 16,756 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $17.99 at Steam (2023-12-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.0k1.0k20142026Week of 2019-06-01: 1,010 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 275 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 327 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 241 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 290 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 272 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 300 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 307 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 269 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 313 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 342 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 352 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 253 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 289 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3321122026-09-14 20:00 — 213 players2026-09-16 05:00 — 120 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 134 players2026-09-18 20:00 — 238 players2026-09-20 03:00 — 214 players2026-09-21 11:00 — 144 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 195 players2026-09-24 02:00 — 160 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 162 players2026-09-26 17:00 — 286 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 211 players2026-09-29 08:00 — 112 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 216 players2026-10-01 23:00 — 223 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 227 players2026-10-04 15:00 — 332 players2026-10-05 22:00 — 260 players2026-10-07 06:00 — 153 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 229 players2026-10-09 21:00 — 270 players2026-10-11 04:00 — 194 players2026-10-12 12:00 — 178 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 228 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 156 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
24857Jun 2019Aug 2026Jun 2019 — avg 200 · peak 596Sep 2019 — avg 60 · peak 103Dec 2019 — avg 72 · peak 157Mar 2020 — avg 73 · peak 138Jun 2020 — avg 73 · peak 147Sep 2020 — avg 63 · peak 99Dec 2020 — avg 76 · peak 148Mar 2021 — avg 67 · peak 107Jun 2021 — avg 74 · peak 136Sep 2021 — avg 69 · peak 124Dec 2021 — avg 81 · peak 138Mar 2022 — avg 64 · peak 105Jun 2022 — avg 75 · peak 127Sep 2022 — avg 81 · peak 163Dec 2022 — avg 87 · peak 143Mar 2023 — avg 134 · peak 285Jun 2023 — avg 138 · peak 224Sep 2023 — avg 116 · peak 204Dec 2023 — avg 139 · peak 279Mar 2024 — avg 139 · peak 234Jun 2024 — avg 137 · peak 230Sep 2024 — avg 133 · peak 217Dec 2024 — avg 164 · peak 272Mar 2025 — avg 179 · peak 333Jun 2025 — avg 143 · peak 245Sep 2025 — avg 158 · peak 307Dec 2025 — avg 199 · peak 361Mar 2026 — avg 225 · peak 434Jun 2026 — avg 187 · peak 304Aug 2026 — avg 203 · peak 410
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$17.992019-06-112026-08-162019-06-11 — best price $18.742019-07-18 — best price $19.992019-12-19 — best price $19.992020-03-22 — best price $19.992020-06-25 — best price $19.992020-12-22 — best price $19.992021-05-27 — best price $19.992021-07-28 — best price $18.742021-10-28 — best price $19.992021-11-24 — best price $22.492021-12-22 — best price $19.992022-04-11 — best price $18.742022-05-23 — best price $22.492022-06-23 — best price $19.992022-09-09 — best price $19.992023-04-04 — best price $19.992023-08-04 — best price $29.992023-11-28 — best price $29.992024-01-04 — best price $29.992024-02-09 — best price $29.992024-02-12 — best price $29.992024-03-21 — best price $29.992024-07-11 — best price $29.992024-09-09 — best price $29.992024-12-04 — best price $29.992025-01-02 — best price $29.992025-03-20 — best price $29.992025-07-10 — best price $29.992025-10-06 — best price $29.992025-11-26 — best price $29.992026-01-05 — best price $29.992026-03-26 — best price $29.992026-05-11 — best price $29.992026-07-09 — best price $29.992026-08-16 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

196602026-05-29 — 85 pageviews2026-06-02 — 98 pageviews2026-06-06 — 94 pageviews2026-06-10 — 106 pageviews2026-06-14 — 109 pageviews2026-06-18 — 73 pageviews2026-06-22 — 100 pageviews2026-06-26 — 112 pageviews2026-06-30 — 110 pageviews2026-07-04 — 94 pageviews2026-07-08 — 87 pageviews2026-07-12 — 73 pageviews2026-07-16 — 91 pageviews2026-07-20 — 73 pageviews2026-07-24 — 78 pageviews2026-07-28 — 169 pageviews2026-08-01 — 91 pageviews2026-08-05 — 82 pageviews2026-08-09 — 104 pageviews2026-08-13 — 107 pageviews2026-08-17 — 75 pageviews2026-08-21 — 102 pageviews2026-08-25 — 102 pageviews2026-08-29 — 81 pageviews2026-09-02 — 91 pageviews2026-09-06 — 132 pageviews2026-09-10 — 101 pageviews2026-09-14 — 111 pageviews2026-09-18 — 104 pageviews2026-09-22 — 88 pageviews2026-09-26 — 104 pageviews2026-09-30 — 79 pageviews2026-10-04 — 124 pageviews2026-10-07 — 94 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

6302026-10-01 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 23:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-06 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 01:35 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 02:34 — 63 viewers2026-10-06 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 11:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerTracked Controller SupportVR SupportSteam WorkshopSteam WorkshopPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing12 DLC

18 supported languages: English, German, Russian, Italian, French, Finnish, Polish, Spanish - Latin America, Spanish - Spain, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Dutch…

Post-launch support: 12 DLC released, first 2019-06-11 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

3DSpaceCasualFlightSci-fiSandboxScienceColorfulRelaxingEducation

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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